full-powered

adjective

At full power; at the very utmost limit.

Meanings

adjectivefull-powered (not comparable)

alternative fullpowered

  1. not comparableAt full power; at the very utmost limit.

    He pulled his arm back, ready to fire a full-powered punch.

    2010, Misa Ramirez, Hasta la Vista, Lola!, Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 256
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    They will stand unused for a considerable period without noticeable deterioration. Their strength does not rapidly "leak" or escape. They are full-powered, eager to give you their sparks.

    1839, The Saturday Evening Post, G. Graham, page 85

    I repeat that to understand the history of Financial Advertising we need understand only the past few years, because those crucial years have made a full-powered man of him, a giant in power, vision and purpose, who can never turn back.

    1846, Misa Ramirez, The Bankers Magazine, Minotaur Books, page 638

    This is a full-powered strike that is aimed through a desired target.

    1994, Mark V. Wiley, Filipino Martial Arts: Cabales Serrada Escrima, Tuttle Publishing, →ISBN, page 67

    Yet even full-powered .308 rounds sometimes had difficulties penetrating barriers.

    2003, Jake Thoene, Firefly Blue, Tyndale House Publishers, →ISBN, page 139
  2. not comparableFor vessels that depends on engines for propulsion that is independent of assistance from any sails.

    The Royal Mail Steamship " Britannia," full-powered ocean-going screw steamer of 3,700 tons, engines of 650 horsepower, barque-rigged, carries 3,300 tons dead weight of coal and cargo.

    1874, Ship-builders LAIRD BROTHERS, Description of the Birkenhead Iron Works Belonging to Messrs Laird Brothers, from “The Practical Magazine,” June 1874, Chiswick Press, page 30
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    The color came back into his face in patches. A smile settled down and expanded. Finally he was straining Treasure Island Inn again with his stride, beating full-powered up and down the room, everything but victory shut out from the joyful confines of his newly-renovated brain.

    1910, J.B. Lippincott and Company, Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 85, page 572
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